[bookport] Re: i pod
- From: "David Tanner" <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 23:23:22 -0500
By the way, in case you guys haven't heard, there is speech software for the
IPOD now. Oh, by the way it is being developed by amature programmers who post
their work on the web at rockbox.org. It is very difficult to setup including
requiring basicly reinstalling the operating system. If you are really brave,
have a lot of patience, don't mind looking in at least 6 different places on
the website to find all the information you need to get the software installed,
and finally doing a great deal of the installation at the windows command
prompt; then maybe you might want to give it a try. Now, when you crash your
IPOD so it doesn't work any more don't go asking for help at your local
adaptive technology department because they won't have a clue, and probably
will not have even heard of the software. One of the techs in our department
has gotten 1 IPOD working with the software after a fashion after over a month
of trying, and he says it still isn't working the way it is suppose to work,
but knowing this guy he will keep at it until he makes it work.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Allen" <wd8ldy@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 10:02 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: i pod
Hi Jeannette and list:
It is a reasonable application, so long as you also tell them that the
similarity ends there because the bookport is even better than an IPod.
Cheers,
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeanette Beal
To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 10:08 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: i pod
Yeah, plus it's easier to explain to my geek friends if I say "like an iPod
for the blind" because they can understand that. And I do put music on it,
just not much.
It would appeal to ipod-lusters like me.
- Jeanette
On 8/25/06, Richard Fiorello <richkar1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi;
That is a good thought. They should perhaps consider market the bookport as
an ipod for blind people. I realize this wouldn't sit well with some who
are into serious literature but the fact remains the real i pods are almost
impossible to use and the bookport is very usable.
Richard
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